[Bug 25618] Extensibility: Offer spec-blessed ways to extend the algorithms and curves, rather than monkey-patching the spec

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=25618

--- Comment #39 from Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> ---
> "I want to ship S1 and have the flexibility to add a new hash
> algorithm/elliptic curve/KDF/padding mode/whatever in some scenario quickly
> without needing to reopen S1"

As an implementation matter, you can just add it, right?  If you really need to
do it quickly, you can't wait for the likely-long process of S2 going to REC.

> this spec is going to be implemented by clients other than browsers.

That's fine.  Having different normative requirements for different conformance
classes is something other specs have done.

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Received on Thursday, 9 October 2014 15:45:11 UTC